Nobody had seen the poem before, but an Internet search proved she had copied an obscure poem written in 1920.

The stars are obscured by the clouds.

an obscure turn of phrase

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There are two kinds of light—the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

James Thurber

Atticus killed several birds with one stone when he read to his children, and would probably have caused a child psychologist considerable dismay: he read to Jem and Jean Louise whatever he happened to be reading, and the children grew up possessed of an obscure erudition.

Harper Lee -- Go Set a Watchman

Nor do most of us know, say, the capital of Paraguay or some other obscure country.

Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point

Bandages obscure half of his face.

Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay

...some obscure wizard about whom she had been reading,

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The sky had grown light enough to obscure the stars and planets.

Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War

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He saw dozens of obscure works he had never heard of, but he also saw plenty he recognized...

Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons

Her English was obscured by a thick accent but was understandable.

Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy

...a woman dressed all in black, her face obscured by a hat and veil.

Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge

an obscure tribe in a backwater of West Asia

Yann Martel -- Life of Pi

His photographs were available for study and dissection, but his personal life remained obscure.

Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures

Auden wasn’t like Frost, she’d say, or Whitman. He was a bit more obscure, and if someone knew of him, then I could be at least somewhat sure they were worth my time and energy, capable of being my intellectual equal.

Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride

He stops so abruptly a cloud of dust temporarily obscures his feet.

Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants

A bus comes lurching around the curve, obscuring her view.

Julia Alvarez -- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

When a child, I have played games with a blindfold obscuring my vision.

Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace

who stood at home plate, his features partially obscured behind several microphones.